WWE Fast Lane press conference and notes

[Chris]

WWE's chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque spoke to the media at a press conference following Saturday's Fastlane pay-per-view.

Among the topics he discussed were Jade Cargill's WWE debut, Edge's WWE departure, the rise of LA Knight, the run that John Cena is on currently, plus business notes from Fastlane.

Among the highlights:

Triple H on when Jade Cargill can be expected to debut as a character --

"When she's ready to blow the roof off of everything we do, right? There is one thing I am, it's patient for stuff like this."
"Her ability and her rise has been incredibly quick. This is a different system, this is a different level of everything. What doesn't exist elsewhere, exists here. That opportunity for her to learn at a different level and get to a different place, that's just the way it is."
She's ready for it all, she's ready to dig in, she's ready to work her ass off... But the thing you don't want to do is you don't want to put somebody in a position that they're sort of ready for. You want to make sure they're damn ready for it... No matter what happens, she's gonna knock it out of the park. When is that? Not sure. Where is she gonna go? Not sure."
"What a future."
"I look forward to strapping the rocket on her."

Triple H on Edge leaving WWE, signing with AEW --

"Time, right? The time was right for him, the time was right for us. I think he had an amazing career and an amazing sendoff here. I think he felt like he had done what there was to do, I think we sort of felt, 'Yeah, I think you're right,' and I wish him the best."
"I think he said it the other day, right? There's no animosity here, there's no hard feelings here. He's doing what's right for him and his family."
"I'm happy for him. I'm very, very happy for him. I sent him that in a message, 'I'm happy for [him] and proud of him, and happy for him."
"If somebody feels like a different opportunity is better for them? Great, that's wonderful. But the machine doesn't stop for anyone."

Triple H on the rise of LA Knight --

"Hard to imagine a year ago he was Max Dupri... We're all pushing with him. We're all pushing him up the hill too."

Triple H on John Cena --

"I just want to say thank you to John. What he's doing here, the run he's doing, the moment that he's givning people like LA Knight, that he's giving people like Jimmy [Uso], Solo [Sikoa], there's no experience like that in the world for them."
"He doesn't need to be here... You're in different places in your life. To see John's growth, but he always comes back to this. He doesn't need to be here. He could be doing a lot of other things, maybe like resting or sleeping? I don't know. He doesn't seem to do either one of [those]. But he does it because he loves it."
"He's at an age, he's doing a lot of other things. I would just say this to everybody out there: revel in it. I know I am. Because the appreciation level John should get is off the charts."
"When he's here, don't criticize it, don't overthink it, just enjoy it, because it won't last forever."

Triple H on WWE Fastlane business --

"Tonight is the highest-grossing event we've ever done in the city of Indianapolis. 14,529 loud, intense, crazy fans. We set gate records, we set sponsorship records here tonight."
"We're in one of the greatest runs in the history of this business right now."

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[Dale]

Can't wait to see what they do with Jade

 

[Storm Trooper]

Obviously inflation is a big reason for it, but Fastlane is the highest grossing event in a city that held WrestleMania in a Dome (62,000 in attendance).

That's just crazy to me.